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Entries from June 2005

Great notes on securing your network environment

June 28th, 2005 · No Comments

This person on Slashdot has a head on his shoulders – interesting points all around:
Slashdot | What is the Best Firewall for Servers?
* DMZ: Put your servers into appropriately configured DMZ’s using a seperate OpenBSD host as the firewall. Lock it down so that only traffic which you specifically allow can get through.
* PATCH: Keep [...]

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Overcoming Procrastination

June 27th, 2005 · No Comments

Interesting Article, I did not put off blogging about it. Now back to work…
Overcoming Procrastination
– Replace “I have to” — which promotes victimhood and resentment — with “I choose to.”
– Replace “I must finish” with “When can I start again?”
– Replace “This is so big/difficult/complex” with “I can take one small step: one rough, [...]

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Movie Catalog Freeware

June 27th, 2005 · No Comments

This looks slick It’s a tool to catalog movies, books and software. I need to do more digging, but on the surface it looks pretty slick!

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What a weekend!

June 26th, 2005 · No Comments

I got the garage clean AND the side bed done! The garage was a real mess, but now it’s been swept clean, organized, and all the extra crap has been tossed with only a few exceptions. The side bed was weeded, edged and mulched despite the high heat.

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I love this

June 23rd, 2005 · No Comments

Don’t Tease
I laughed until I hurt my ribs.
Then I watched it again anyhow!

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Awesome Fathers Day

June 21st, 2005 · No Comments

What a weekend. I drank and played and saw that awful Brad Pitt – Angelina Jolie movie with my wife. We had a blast. I drank about a twelve pack over the weekend and woke up like a zombie on Monday. I’m finally starting to get the website itch again, maybe [...]

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Did I tell you about my beer?

June 14th, 2005 · No Comments

I’m sure I mentioned it, but it really deserves it’s own posting. My Irish Amber Ale came perfect. I’m not trying to blow things out of proportion or anything – It’s just perfect. It’s clear with a rich red color, smooth lightly hopped taste and a crisp finish. No chill haze [...]

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I got it!

June 11th, 2005 · No Comments

One of the new jobs I have been trying for is going to work out! The papers have been signed, the dates have been set, all I have to do is bust my tail for the next few weeks to close out my current workload and then I am on to new and different [...]

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JavaHMO

June 10th, 2005 · No Comments

JavaHMO
I must get this working this weeekend – weather and web browsing all from the Tivo! And I’ve been using my computer like a chump…

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Work and work

June 9th, 2005 · No Comments

Well I am sad to report that the house in Marion is not going to happen. Someone came in from out of state with a non-contingent offer and we got bumped out. I guess it wasn’t meant to be. We are going to keep banging on getting the house in order, and [...]

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